GM of People & Culture
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Command Central
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Executive
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Human Resources

Company profile:
Vend is looking for some awesome new talent to come join us. You'll be working in an awesome team doing awesome things, and generally being awesome.Learn about us on our blog, or meet the team on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedInAwesome SpaceOur brand new Auckland office space is located on Nuffield Street in Newmarket, surrounded by our customers and the industry we love. It is huge, open, and shiny new with great meeting room spaces, casual working environments and plenty of space to host awesome events. We don't do cubicles, just plenty of space, whiteboards and meetings rooms. We also have a great cafe/retail space with our very own Front of House Manager taking care of our visitors and fellow Venders. Like Auckland our Melbourne office is surrounded by retail. It's a great wee space equipped with tiny houses and some awesome cardboard cutout animals.Our Toronto office is located right in the heart of downtown retail district. Like Melbourne and Auckland there's a great vibe with great coffee, boutique stores and some of the greatest restaurants in the city. Our SoMa office in San Francisco is located in the middle of the SF tech scene, just a (Biz) stone's throw from Twitter.The EnvironmentWe want you to be at the top of your game. You can wear whatever clothing you like, start work late in the morning, take breaks whenever you want and generally work the way you want to work. Who we're looking forVend is looking for people to push the boundaries. We are a hard working professional team with a wicked sense of humour, and we are looking for people who thrive in a collaborative open environment. We want passionate, hard working, talented individuals that want to lead in their field.

Job description:
Vend is award winning web based SAAS point of sale for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software.  We’re shaking things up and pushing out innovations, therefore finding - and meeting a huge demand for our services.   Vend employs over 70 people across 4 countries.  We have grown significantly this year, more than doubling our team in the last ten months.  The majority of our staff work out of our Newmarket, Auckland office.  Our other offices are located in Melbourne, Toronto and San Francisco.At Vend we think HR is a dirty word.  We don’t simply employ humans, we employ real people with real personalities - and some pretty awesome personalities at that.  Culture is super important to us at Vend.  Not just having fun at work and enjoying the ride, but working super fucken’ hard to do what’s right by our customers and for our investors.  Thats why we won Kenexa Best Workplaces Award in 2012 and are a finalist again in 2013.  At Vend we hate bureaucracy, and whilst some i’s will always need dotting and some t’s will always need crossing, its unleashing the potential of our people and our teams that gets us out of bed in the mornings.  We need someone who has experience working in a highly culture-driven organisation with experience in optimising performance through people processes.  Its the thoughtful design and implementation of these processes, melding Vend’s unique culture and high performance methodologies that will take Vend to the next level.This role forms part of the Senior Management Team and you will have a small and incredibly awesome team reporting to you.You will need to:Be a strategic thinker who understands the commercial realities of businessBe able to work alongside managers to optimise their teamsHave a demonstrated ability to collect and utilise data in decision makingLove solving problemsEmbrace change and be able to help other people embrace change tooHave amazing communication skillsPreferably you will have worked in a software company before.

Requirements:
At least 5 years experience in a senior generalist Human Resources role within an Executive TeamDemonstrates an understanding of the full gamut of the HR function from compliance to culture and what holes need to be plugged in what orderLives and breathes culture and understands its ability to shape a company’s performanceExperience in a high growth company where things never stay the same for longShows an understanding for the ins and outs of a software companyAptitude and desire to utilise data for analysis and decision makingUnderstands how people tick and how to get the most out of peopleHas experience with change managementHas a strong desire to engage with technology and has in the past utilised technology to solve problemsFirst rate communication skills, understands how to facilitate information exchange across an organisationLikes challenges, enjoys the hard stuff and seeking solutions rather than pondering the problemCan demonstrate an understanding of the commercial realities of businessCan facilitate successful meetings where necessaryHas worked in a high performance teamTries new things and keeps up with the latest trends in HR

Benefits:
You can expect from us.A competitive salary  The chance to work with a group of amazing peopleHaving the opportunity to be part of the next big kiwi software success storyAn open culture where we openly share our results and where your input is valuedFun at work!  However you might like to have fun at work, you can pretty much do that at VendWork-life balance.  We know you have a life outside of work.  At Vend you can have a life inside work tooUtilise all your talents.  Not just the ones written in your job descriptionWe welcome all of you at work.  We don’t want you to leave your personality at the door